Internal Medicine/Pediatrics - Faculty

Key Faculty:


Richard A. Switzer, MD
Program Director

Dr. Switzer completed his medical school training at Michigan State University - College of Human Medicine. Following medical school, he completed his residency training in Internal Medicine/Pediatrics at MSU-Grand Rapids campus. He has served as the Program Director for the past twenty years and is also in private practice in Grandville, Michigan. Dr. Switzer and his wife, Jan, have four adopted, grown children and two adorable grandsons. His interests outside of his practice and his family are International Medicine, Golf, and Spartan Basketball.


Lisa Lowery, MD
Associate Program Director - Recruitment

Dr. Lowery received her medical training at the University of Michigan and completed her Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency at MSU-Grand Rapids campus. She then matriculated at John Hopkins University where she completed a fellowship in Adolescent Medicine as well as finishing her Master's in Public Health. She currently serves as faculty at the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital and Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency.

 
Beth Kurt, MD
Associate Program Director - Academics

Dr. Kurt received her medical training at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and completed her Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency through MSU-Grand Rapids Campus. She then did her fellowship training in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and completed a Master's degree in Epidemiology at the University of Tennessee before returning to Grand Rapids. Dr. Kurt now serves as faculty of the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital and Associate Program for the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship and the Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency.


 Chad Coe, MD

Chief Resident

 

 

The following are a list of Internal Medicine/Pediatric Faculty that work in the community as primary care physicians, subspecialists and hospitalists. As a Med/Peds resident, you will select a mentor from this list and will meet with them twice a year for support and career counseling.

Continuity Clinic Preceptors:


Internal Medicine Clinic at Towers
Steven Macedo, MD
Robert MacKinder, MD
Ben Schipper, MD
Eric Wielhouwer, DO

Internal Medicine Clinic at Wege Center
Belen Amat, MD
Jennifer Lachapell, MD
Uche Nwanko, MD

Pediatric Clinic
Robert Lang, MD
Lisa Lowery, MD
Steve Macedo, MD
John Mogor, MD

In-patient Internal Medicine Floors:

Tandy Champion, DO
Mark Evenhouse, MD
Ben Horn, MD
John Mogor, MD
Richard Switzer, MD
Joel VanDeRiet, MD

Med/Peds Trained Subspecialist:

Adolescent Medicine
Lisa Lowery, MD

Endocrinology - Pediatric
Michael Racine, MD

Hematology/Oncology - Pediatric
Albert Cornelius, MD
Beth Kurt, MD

Neonatology
Steven Gelfand, MD

Nephrology - Adult
James Visser, MD

Rheumatology - Adult & Pediatric
James Birmingham, MD

Rheumatology - Adult
Aaron Eggebeen, MD

Pulmonary/Critical Care - Adult
Stephen Fitch, MD

Pulmonary/Critical Care - Pediatrics
Scott Curtis, MD

Community Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Physician Groups:
Our residents are able to choose from these sites for their primary care experience months.

Richard Switzer, MD
Tandy Champion, DO

Adavantage Health - SW

Thomas Foster, MD
Jennifer Lachapell, MD
Uche Nwanko, MD

 

Brookville Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Dwayne Cook, MD

Jane Post, MD
Kelly Richardson, MD

Fremont Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Mark Byland, MD
Susan Balmer, MD
Lindsey Oliveria, MD

Georgetown Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Kelly Huggett, MD

Lakeshore Internal Medicine and Pediatrics

Greg Schroetenboer, MD

Tricia Miller, MD

Brian Drozdowski, MD

Lowell Medical Specialists

Mark Evenhouse, MD

John Mogor, MD

Marquette Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Cindy Anderson, MD

John Bartlett, MD

Northern Michigan Medicine and Pediatrics - Traverse City

John Gorman, MD

SHMG - Grand Rapids

Michael App, MD

Donna Harold, MD

Anne McCarthy, MD

Sara McCune, MD

SHMG - Greenville

Tim Helder, MD

SHMG - Rockford

Brian Haskin, MD
Julie Kowacz, MD

Dave Rzeszutko, MD

 

SHMG - Grand Rapids NE

Philip Henderson, MD

John Heslip, MD

Kenneth Fawcett, MD

Robert Lang, MD

Robert Mackinder, MD

Steve Macedo, MD

SHMG - Grand Rapids NW

Gerald Lee, MD

Robert Jarve, MD

SHMG - Grand Rapids SW

Ben Schipper, MD

Eric Wielhouwer, DO